Hope it does what you want. Let me know how you get on with it!
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Thanks @Justmat. It’s been a long time in Development. The script was actually based on a JavaScript + WebMIDI project I worked on several years ago, so it’s had a very long incubation.
I’ve been thinking for a while that a colour screen would be great!
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Excited to try!
The colour screen image looks like an acid sequencer would in the Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe universe 
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If Norns had a colour screen, I probably wouldn’t choose those colours, to be honest.
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ditto!
if that were the case it would be cool if it had system color scheme settings like the M8!
so…a few days later and i finally dug into this beast of a script!
@toneburst
holy frack!
i didn’t expect those CRAZY FRACKEN awesome animated graphics at startup!
whoah! 
i dove into the MIDI control of it with a FaderFox PC12 but i started with your suggestions.
going to add the rest tonight. 
being able to improv things and evolve the progression is amazing!
would it be possible to have both MIDI and Internal voice?
here is last night’s noiz session with Bline plowing through the noiz.
other noiz warping from Cheat Codes 2.
with other noiz from a dual Wing Pinger rig, Mbase11, two DFAMs, Buchla 208c and an MFOS WP20.
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Hi @SPIKE glad you’re enjoying the script! Sounds good! Are you using the internal synth there?
I did consider that a while ago. It wouldn’t be too hard to do, but I’m not too sure how well it would fit with plans I had for additional output modes in the future, specifically a more advanced MIDI output mode with many of the same parameters as the builtin synth.
I’m preparing for a mini gig at the moment, so can’t devote any time for additional Bline features right now, but I’ll look into it as soon as I get a chance.
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thanks!
yup!
internal synth for that session!
all cool!
really looking forward to how you evolve this thing!
oh…another question…or future request///heh!
would it possible to add LFOs that could be assigned to the controls.
like moving the X and Y around randomly.
anyhow…
i added a few more CC controls last night and went for it again for last night’s noiz session HERE.
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Totally rad!
What did you do to generate the node patterns?
I’m adding a grids mode to my OMX-27 thingy and it’s got 4 instruments so one could be basslines
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Assignable LFOs are on the roadmap.
There’s already a mechanism for randomising the XY position. Check the “rnd” settings on the Global/Note/Octave/Accent/Slide/Rest UI pages. The Global rnd sets the maximum randomisation amount, and the channel settings scale that amount, so you can randomise some channels more than others.
Check this Wiki page for details of all the controls that are exposed in the UI:
There’s a full list of parameters here:
Thanks! I’ve had a lot of fun writing and jamming with it!
I talk about this on the GitHub Wiki actually. It’s just random values.
Having said that, I did take some steps to try and make sure when you increase the Density param for the trigger channels (Accent/Slide/Rest) you don’t get too many triggers appearing at once.
I wrote a simple JavaScript script to generate the node table.
https://github.com/toneburst/Norns/blob/master/bline/Working_Files/table_generator.html
I might try making an alternative node map by transcribing 25 “classic” 303 patterns at some point in the future, but it’s not on the roadmap at the moment. Unless you want to to lend a hand implementing an SOM to sort them, as Pichenettes did with Anushri/Grids. I don’t have the coding chops for that myself, sadly…
That’s a cool project!
Talking of grids, a Grid UI for editing certain params is on the roadmap. I’m thinking Length and Offset values for each channel makes most sense.
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AH!!!
ok…thanks for pointing that out! 
still learning this thing!
just read over all that info on the GitHub!
very thorough!
so RND and JITTER are the same thing?
would it help if Jitter was labelled as random in the parameters area?
should the dot on the 5x5 grid float around with a bunch of RND settings or am i misunderstanding it’s use?
Yes, bit, confusing that. I might update the label text.
The crosshairs on the XY display doesn’t reflect position jitter/rnd at the moment. I’m considering adding that feature, and also having 5 separate crosshairs, so if freeze is enabled for a channel, that’s visualised, too.
The pattern graphs on the left of the display do currently update to show randomisation. You’ll notice randomisation only happens once per bar. This is to avoid having to redo potentially expensive random number generation more often than is necessary.
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got it!
just a suggestion…
if you were to do multiple crosshairs for each channel…
would it be possible to do five different little shapes?
i.e. circle, square, triangle, etc…
I’m not sure about that, to be honest. Remember they’ll all be sitting ontop of each other, unless Freeze is enabled for one or more channels. It could end up looking quite messy, given the (very) low resolution of the display.
On a higher-res, colour display, I’d use a different colour for the crosshairs for each channel (matched with the same colours for the channel graphs), but you have to work within the limitations of the hardware…
I do like the idea of the separate crosshairs to visualise channel-freeze though, as the chunky padlock icons are a bit ugly, and too big.
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Finally got a chance to give this a spin. Wow! The startup sequence is beautiful!
Fed Bline to the matriarch and immediately off to the races! Instant gratification.
This is a keeper for sure! Amazing work
EDIT: Im circling back just to say how awesome it would be to have this and Cyrene in the same script. Basslines and perc all in one go!
These types of generative apps really really hit the spot! Something about the listening and reacting is just great. Causes my brain to focus more on “subtractive sequencing” . If that’s not a term yet it should be lol.
Im getting back into euro soon and apps like Bline Cyrene (grids) are calling my name. In the euro world I plan on grabbing an ADDAC402 Heuristic Rhythm Generator and I see this app playing so so nicely with it.
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Glad you’re having fun with it! If you record anything using it, post it here! Would love to hear it.
Good to hear it works will with the Matriarch, too. Does that plug directly into Norns, or are you using an external MIDI interface, or MIDI-CV box/module?
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As of now im going norns → MIO iconnectivity cable into my Firestudio Mobile–>ableton to Matriarch
In a bit ill try to go iconnectivy straight into the matriarch to see if it plays without the middleman.
https://www.amazon.com/iConnectivity-mio-1-out-MIDI-Interface/dp/B00CO5IRSG/ref=asc_df_B00CO5IRSG/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=417001568156&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11473561376798117124&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016138&hvtargid=pla-383381923843&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=93357003545&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=417001568156&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11473561376798117124&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016138&hvtargid=pla-383381923843
I also have a Launch Control XL! im currently using it in ableton for effects mapping but looks like im going to add some Bline params to my master ableton template.
but very soon I hope to be out of the “BoX” So having these mapping is aces!
IF you haven’t invested in black painters/artist tape and a white acrylic pen I highly recommend it for Labeling the Novation! I can never go back lol
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Funny you should say that. You’re probably aware that Bline is based on Mutable Instruments Anushri/Grids concepts, like Cyrene. I actually started work on a Grids-style drum sequencer script for Norns some time ago. I got it mostly working, and was pretty pleased with it, then @21echoes released Cyrene, and somewhat took the wind out of my sails, and I never released my version (no discredit to David, it’s just a coincidence that we were both working on the same thing, at the same time).
I’m not planning to roll Cyrene into Bline, and David probably has no plans to incorporate Bline into his script, but I have though it might be fun to add back some of my “Beat Explorer” script into Bline, at some point.
The modular way I’ve written Bline would make it pretty easy to add drum sequencing, based on the MI dataset. It’s a question of how best to do it, from a usability standpoint, I guess, and if there’s enough demand for it. I’ve had some lovely feedback on here (which is really encouraging), but it’s still quite a niche thing, really.
Agreed. I’m not naturally musical, so I like the idea of generating something parametrically, rather than working with notes directly.
“Bassline Sculptor” was one of my early candidate names for Bline, so funny you should say that, too. The way I have the Density controls setup, it’s more of an “Additive Sequencer”, though, so I decided to come up with another name.
Nice! I’d never thought of that. It’s not on my Bline roadmap, but I toyed with the idea of designing some LC XL overlays for Bline, and putting them online as PDFs for users to “cut out and keep”. Another thing I’ve not got round to, along with making a TouchOSC patch for it. If you fancy tackling either, do share
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man so much yes to all of that!!
In hindsight it really does make sense to not combine them into one app. Well at least from that modular/subtractive/ “sculpting” (Love that btw. feels right!) perspective. Im currently feeding everything into Ableton then into the vcv rack vst. so grids in either vcv format (Topograph) or grids amxd should pair nicely!
But having a solid lead/Bassline generator to focus on just makes sense. You should really show @21echoes what’s up and make a Cyrene mod! (Im just starting shit now 
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I gave the reason subscription a shot for the sole purpose of tooling around with “Beat Map” Its a pretty frigging slick program as well! Just wish they would release a vst of it. The XY params of bline immediately reminded me of beat map.
My girlfriend got a cricut maker a couple Christmas’s ago and I’ve been wanting to make some kind of basic dry erase overlay but never got around to it. Mainly because by the time I lay some tape down and my chicken scratch im done. But with having the ability to have multiple pages of MIDI channels on the LC XL it can get tricky. I try to stay within one page of mappings (32) but with thoughtful mapping and small font I have gotten 64 mappings with labels in the past. lol
